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> Adding features to a code means it was incomplete In practice this isn't true. The code may have been perfect and complete according to the business requirem
by wavemode 2y ago
> Adding features to a code means it was incomplete
In practice this isn't true. The code may have been perfect and complete according to the business requirements of 1 month ago. But the business requirements of 1 month ago and today are often completely different.
- petermcneeley 2y agoThis falls outside of my experience. I am systems or "backend".
- xboxnolifes 2y agoI'm not familiar with many systems or backend software that are still actively used, multiple decades old, and not still receiving updates. If it's not even a decade old, it's not old enough to say requirements won't change.
- phito 2y agoHow does being a backend engineer makes you safe from business requirements changes? It doesn't add up to me.